TENTATIVE AGENDA: 2016 G-WOW “Hear the Water Speak” Institute
Based at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center (NGLVC)-Ashland, WI
Monday, 7/18
AM
8:00 Coffee @ NGLVC, MultiPurpose Room
Tuesday, 7/19
AM
8:00 am Depart NGLVC for
GLIFWC, Odanah
Water Ceremony & Welcome
Orientation, intros, housekeeping,
expectations
Applying G-WOW Climate Literacy
Model through the Institute
Guided discussion: The Relationship
between Native culture, water, and
the environment. Water
documentary by Red Cliff Tribal
Youth.
Evaluating Climate Change
through its impacts on the Lake
Superior Ojibwe Great Lakes
Indian Fish and Wildlife
Commission
Boat tour of Kakagon Sloughs
Wild Rice: Impacts of climate
change on wild rice
Bad River Natural Resources
Dept.
Wednesday, 7/20
Thursday, 7/21
AM
7:30 Depart NGLVC
for Apostle Islands National
Lakeshore (AINL)
Headquarters- Bayfield via
BART bus
AM
8:00 – Coffee @ NGLVC
Climate Change Impacts on
Water in National Parks and
the AINL
Boat departure for Stockton
Island
Teaching Tools for Engaging
Students in Climate Change
Service Learning
Lake Ice! Integrating placebased evidence and science
Demo: Climate Service
Learning Using the G-WOW
website tools
Brainstorming Developing a
climate change service
project. Small Groups
Making Sense of Climate Research
PM
Lunch-provided
PM
Lunch- provided
Tips & Tools for Communicating
about Climate Change
Connecting the Drops:
Water, the Water Cycle, and
Watersheds- Field
investigations following the
flow through the Bad River
Watershed
Applying the Science through a
Place-based Outdoor Climate
Activity
Free Time to Share/Dinner Prep
PM
Box Lunch on Stockton Is.
PM
Lunch-provided
Water Walk- Climate Change
& Stockton Island
Fun with Climate Change—
Climate Change Jeopardy
Teaching Tool
Listen to the Water Climate
Change Activity
Sharing climate service
learning project ideas
Board boat for Bayfield
Review of teacher
resources, Coastal Climate
Camp field opportunities.
BART bus returns to NGLVC
Reflections
5:30 DINNER COOKOUT Provided
Evening on your own
Evening on your own
Closing CeremonyTravelling Song